one of the things i love most about the christmas season is the sounds :: the music, the movies, the excited voices of little kids, the ripping of christmas wrapping paper, and the bells. oh, the bells. you hear them in the background of almost every christmas song and there are even songs written ...
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easy homemade caramel recipe
homemade caramel. there is nothing better to eat or to make during the holidays, especially since you can use this recipe in several ways: regular soft and chewy caramels like we're going to make today, chocolate-covered caramel squares, caramel chocolate-dipped pretzel rods, and homemade turtles. ...
diy printable sticky notes :: free printables!
look how fun and cute these sticky notes are!! i am one of those people who always writes stuff down. whether it's on calendars, planners, or even random pieces of paper, i feel like writing lists and other notes/memos down on paper is the most effective way for me to keep myself organized and to ...
thanksgiving printable banner template :: great idea for a kids’ thanksgiving craft!
i have to say, my decorations for holidays (ALL holidays!) at the moment are pretty sparse. i can't quite pin down why...though it could be due to the fact that since our married days began we've either been in school with no money for such things, or with young children who kept me so busy i ...
how and why i menu plan.
menu planning has been around forever. and it's no secret why: planning out your meals makes life so much easier! here are 3 of my favorite reasons to meal plan...1. it saves time. the whole process of looking through grocery store ads for deals, planning out the meals we're going to eat for ...
2014 monthly planner calendars :: free printables
hope everyone had a merry little christmas this year!the past month has been a crazy one for our family - from never-ending doctor's visits to out-of-country weddings and every thing in between, we still managed to pull off a great christmas! while we didn't get a chance to squeeze in every ...
make it yourself :: christmas stockings
even though my husband and i have been married for several years, we never had our own stockings until last year. the reason being that we lived close to family and so was always at someone else's house for christmas day - and both my mother and mother-in-law had plenty of stockings to spare. so ...
kids homework station
this is my first time having a kid in school - and i'm learning a lot!i'm learning how to get organized in the morning so we can all get out the door on time with smiles on our faces!i'm learning that there's a lot paperwork going back and forth between the school and home. (how do you keep ...
the best homemade playdough recipe
a couple years ago when i was living in toronto with no car and nobody around that i knew, my darling sister-in-law would make the 1 hour drive to our place so our boys could play together. at one of these play dates she suggested we try making no-cook playdough. up until that point i never knew ...
diy alphabet lacing cards :: help your child learn to write
my oldest child is in preschool this year and watching him progress has been so much fun! he's always loved numbers and letters. so when he started to practice writing, he was very excited to see that he could make those same letters and numbers he sees every day! he's learning the proper ways to ...